Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

LUCIO FONTANA. EDIZIONI FLAVIANA LOCARNO

1966
Book format 8°, 20.9 × 17.1 cm, unpaginated, 23 leaves in the original cover, paperback binding, leaves of colored and white paper with perforations and cutouts. Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Galleria Flaviana in Locarno from July 27, 1966. Published by Edizioni Flaviana in Locarno in an edition of 1000 numbered copies, this copy bears no. 794. Cover slightly soiled and rubbed, front side creased in the middle, book block in very good condition. In 1949 Fontana created his first "Buchi" (Perforations): he glued a piece of paper onto a canvas and pierced it from the back with several holes. Later he began to slash monochrome canvases in this way. Both sides of the canvas and the space in front of it thus became part of the work. In this way the artist allowed space to enter the painting and aligned himself with the pioneers of conceptual art.